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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY ON CERN Be it known than-I, JAMES P"THORP-, ofSonthington, in the county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and improved Device for Tethcring Animals; and that thefollowing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, hereinafterreterred to, forms a full and exact specificationofthe same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles'gof. mysaid improvements, by which my inventionmay be distinguished from allothers of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim, andVdesir-e to have secured to, me by Letters Patent. Y

This invention relates to a new and improved device for tether-inganimals, designed more especially for -horses, whereby said animals maybe allowed a length of rope to admit of them grazing over a considerablearea without danger of having their feet entangled in the rope. In theaccompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is an end view of myinvento'n.Figure 2, a. side view of the same. Similar letters of referenceindicate likaparts. 1 A represents a stake, which is driven firmly inthc ground and has itsV upperpart turned orl made of cylindrical form toreceive a frame,'B, which is allowed to turn freely on the upper part ofthe frameA, the turning ldown of the upper `part of the stake leaving ashoulder, a, at its lower 'part on whichthe frame rests, as

shown clearly in g. v 2. The frameB is ot' rectangular form, andginitsupper part a horizontal shaft', C, is fitted and allowed to turn freely,said shaft C having a reel,-D, keyed or otherwise secured firmly upon itwit-hin the frame B. The shaft C projects through the sides of thefrarne B, and has two ropes, E E, attached to it,'each rope having aweight, l3,-co`n nected to it, To the reel D there is attached ahalter-rope, G, which is wound upon the reel in a reversedirectiontothat in which-the opesE are wound upon the shaft C, so that when thehalter-rope G is'unwound from the reel D, the ropes E E will be woundupon the shaft 0./ The halter-rope G passes through a slot,ib,in` aboard, H, attached to the fraaie 1B. This slotted board/servesas a guidefor the halter-rope G', preventingit from being drawn laterally offfrogufthe reel, and admitting of the rope turning the frame B on thestakeA as the animal turns or walks around. The horse' can pullfthewhole 0f the halt G from the reel D, and walk and graze around in acircle ofwhicli the halter-rope G is the radius,

' the weights i so that the rope G will not become entangled with thefeet of the horse.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and Vdesire'tosecure by Letters Patent- The frame B fitted on the stake' A, so that itmay turn loosely thereon, in combination with the shaft C iitted in theupper part of said frame, and having the reel D upouit with halter-ropeG attached; the shaft C also having the ropes E E applied toit withweights F F at their ends, and all arranged substantially in the manneras and for the purpose set forth. i

The above` specification of my invention signed-by me this 18th day ofMarch, 1867.

JAMES P. THORP,

Witnesses: I

H. R. BRADLEY, EDWARD Scorr.

